Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Preschool provides childcare and education for children from three months to five years of age.

With a team of highly qualified and experienced staff, the nursery and preschool provides a variety of activities and experiences for children, allowing them to learn through play. The nursery also has outdoor areas where children can play throughout the year.

Meals are prepared and cooked every day by the nursery’s chef and the nursery encourages preschool children to be independent by preparing snacks, serving their own meals, and washing up. All dietary requirements can be catered for.

Owner: ABI Nursery

Person in charge: Karen Thomas (Nursery Manager)

Local Authority / Social Services: Essex County Council

Number of Staff: 30

Service Offered: Day Nursery (Privately Owned), Open all year, Full Day Care, Sessional Day Care

Total Places for Children: 124

Age Range:
from
0 years 3 months to
5 years 0 months

Opening Days: Mon-Fri

Opening Hours: 0730-1830

When Closed: Bank Holidays & Christmas

Directions:

The nursery is located on a small industrial estate near Staple Tye Shopping Centre in Harlow. If heading towards the petrol station from Staple Tye roundabout, turn first left onto Perry Road before reaching the petrol station. Travel up Perry Road on the left after the first left hand turning. The nursery has lime green gates all around our setting.

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Reviews

9.6 Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School has a Review Score of 9.6 (9.553)

The Review Score of 9.6 (maximum of 10) for Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

a) The Average Rating is 4.7 out of 5 from 28 Reviews over all time. This Average Rating is also the rating value for Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School in Google's Search Results - more info

b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.8 out of 5 from 20 positive Reviews in the last 12 months.

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a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating of all Reviews over all time. For each review the Day Nursery / service is rated Excellent, Good, Satisfactory, Poor or Very Poor on a number of areas eg Staff, Management etc. The Day Nursery receives points for each rating as follows: Excellent = 5. Good = 4. Satisfactory = 3. Poor = 2. Very Poor = 1. These points are added up and then divided by the total number of completed ratings to generate the average rating.

b) 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 12 months. If there are no Positive Reviews in the last 12 months, then 2.5 points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 2 years. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with 'Extremely Likely' or 'Likely' in answer to the question 'How likely are you to recommend this Day Nursery to friends and family?'

The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

4 points are available for the first 5 Positive Reviews, 3 points for the first Positive Review and then 0.25 Points for each of the next 4 Positive Reviews.

1 point is available for reaching a target number of Positive Reviews based on 20% of the number of registered maximum number of service users. If the target is partially reached then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery with 50 registered maximum number of service users has a target of 10 Positive Reviews, if it has 10 or more Positive Reviews it will receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews will receive 0.7 points.

If there are no Positive Reviews in the last 12 months, then 2.5 points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 2 years. The calculation is the same as above, except the points are divided by 2.

The 4.806 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School is based on 20 positive Reviews in the last 12 months and is calculated as follows:

Review submitted from a Postal Card by Farhan K
(Father of Child)
on Tuesday 12 September 2017.
Relates to June 2017.

Very friendly and professional staff. Security in the nursery is also of a high standard with electronic door locks and a strict sign in and out for all the kids.
Receiving regular feedback on a daily basis and child's activity photos uploaded to the secure internet site is a great joy.

How likely would you be to recommend Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School? Extremely Likely

Average Rating:

5 out of 5

Overall Standard: Excellent

Facilities / Outside Space: Excellent

Learning: Excellent

Resources / Equipment / ICT: Excellent

Care: Excellent

Activities: Excellent

Staff: Excellent

Food / Nutrition: Excellent

Management: Excellent

Cleanliness: Excellent

Safeguarding: Excellent

Value for Money: Excellent

Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School responded to this review on 12 Oct 2017:

Review submitted from a Postal Card by Linu O
(Mother of Child)
on Friday 11 August 2017.
Relates to July 2017.

Excellent setting. My child enjoys coming into nursery. He has made lots of friends and continues learning on a daily basis. The setting is a large, clean environment and staff are welcoming and friendly.

How likely would you be to recommend Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School? Likely

Review submitted from a Postal Card by A H
(Mother of Child)
on Friday 21 July 2017.
Relates to July 2017.

Akhter Early Learning Centre has been a fantastic help in my son's development and success! The staff are friendly yet professional! My son has loved his time at nursery and his personal key workers have left an amazing impression on him.

How likely would you be to recommend Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School? Extremely Likely

Average Rating:

4.8 out of 5

Overall Standard: Excellent

Facilities / Outside Space: Good

Learning: Excellent

Resources / Equipment / ICT: Excellent

Care: Excellent

Activities: Excellent

Staff: Excellent

Food / Nutrition: Good

Management: Excellent

Cleanliness: Excellent

Safeguarding: Excellent

Value for Money: Good

Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School responded to this review on 21 Jul 2017:

Review submitted from a Postal Card by Debbie R
(Mother of Child)
on Tuesday 18 July 2017.
Relates to July 2017.

Absolutely fantastic pre school. Staff are all amazing and we have never had any issues.
They are very welcoming, which makes my son feel safe and happy in the environment.
My son asks every morning if he can go to school, which is fantastic, as 5 months ago he wouldn't stay with anyone apart from close family.
I love the Eylog system as I get photos of my son learning new things and write ups to what he's been doing.
I can't fault the preschool and would highly recommend.

How likely would you be to recommend Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School? Extremely Likely

Average Rating:

5 out of 5

Overall Standard: Excellent

Facilities / Outside Space: Excellent

Learning: Excellent

Resources / Equipment / ICT: Excellent

Care: Excellent

Activities: Excellent

Staff: Excellent

Food / Nutrition: Excellent

Management: Excellent

Cleanliness: Excellent

Safeguarding: Excellent

Value for Money: Excellent

Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School responded to this review on 18 Jul 2017:

Thank you very much for your welcoming feed back. I'm glad we have made you and your family feel happy and that your son enjoys his time with us.

Review submitted from a Postal Card by A S
(Mother of Child)
on Monday 17 July 2017.
Relates to July 2017.

I believe that more could be done than is now. I think this nursery needs focus (in my opinion) on teaching early age children in a playing way like teaching them week days (so for example, introducing all kids every day before they start and say that today is Monday or introduce sitting pillows with different colours so that you can tell the children to sit down on a yellow pillow for a certain child and other children on different colours, so you teach the children many things. Also, I believe that numbers, alphabet, shapes, maybe some animals like rabbits etc. would be nice for the kids to learn. Also, they need more time and space outside sometimes. It feels a little like being locked in the room.

How likely would you be to recommend Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School? Likely

Average Rating:

3.7 out of 5

Overall Standard: Good

Facilities / Outside Space: Satisfactory

Learning: Satisfactory

Resources / Equipment / ICT: Satisfactory

Care: Good

Activities: Satisfactory

Staff: Good

Food / Nutrition: Good

Management: Good

Cleanliness: Good

Safeguarding: Excellent

Value for Money: Satisfactory

Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School responded to this review on 17 Jul 2017:

Thank you for your response. The Room leader has spoken to you (mum) to remind her that the gardens, all 3 are used daily including the magic garden, children also go out on regular outings (mum was reminded as the children were still out when she came to collect recently). Also, all rooms have visible number lines, colours and shapes in which are used during group times (and other activities) along with the Alphabet letters which are used when they sit and sing the days of the week, months and chat about the weather and other child led activities/discussions.
I'm sorry if your feedback is not being carried out correctly, I'll ensure your feedback is complete with your child's daily activities from today. Thank you.

Review submitted from a Postal Card by C M
(Mother of Child)
on Monday 3 July 2017.
Relates to May 2017.

My 2 children attend the holiday club. They are always so excited to come, and they can't wait to see what activities they will be doing. I always get really good feedback and both of my children always tell me how nice their holiday club teachers are. When I come into the setting everyone is always so happy and polite.

How likely would you be to recommend Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School? Extremely Likely

Review submitted from a Postal Card by D S
(Father of Child)
on Monday 3 July 2017.
Relates to June 2017.

We reviewed many settings in Harlow and Epping and found Akhter Early Learning Centre to be the best. It is a well laid out, large, clean, safe, happy environment for my daughter to grow in. She is in the baby room 5 days a week and knowing she enjoys her time there makes it easier for us to go to work.

How likely would you be to recommend Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School? Extremely Likely

Review submitted from a Website Submission by Kayleigh I
(Mother of Child)
on Thursday 29 June 2017.
Relates to June 2017.

My daughter has been attending Akhter for the last four months and she loves it! The staff are so friendly and welcoming. She has a wide variety of meals to have and always comes home with proof of her fun day with them. I love getting the daily emails letting me know how she is getting on and what she has been up to. I would recommend Akhter to anyone looking for a friendly, motivating and happy atmosphere for their child.

How likely would you be to recommend Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School? Extremely Likely

Review submitted from a Website Submission by Ashleigh M
(Mother of Child)
on Wednesday 28 June 2017.
Relates to January 2017.

Staff are all very welcoming and friendly, my son has been going since January this year and he loves going there. The staff are great at keeping you up to date with learning, new things going on and what your child has done that day. An amazing school - can't fault it!

How likely would you be to recommend Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School? Extremely Likely

Review submitted from a Postal Card by M J
(Mother of Child)
on Monday 26 June 2017.
Relates to June 2017.

The nursery is very well managed with all information clearly displayed or information verbally provided. The place is kept clean with excellent safeguarding. All of the staff are very professional but friendly at the same time.
My child comes home happy with new skills and that's the most important thing to me.

How likely would you be to recommend Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School? Extremely Likely

Review submitted from a Postal Card by I B
(Mother of Child)
on Wednesday 26 April 2017.
Relates to April 2017.

My child always looks forward to going to the nursery and is very comfortable with the staff, she has even called someone mum which in my opinion shows just how much she enjoys her time there if she can feel like home and forget that she is away from her mummy. I always notice that they have several activities for the children which really helps them explore different aspects.

How likely would you be to recommend Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School? Extremely Likely

Average Rating:

4.6 out of 5

Overall Standard: Good

Facilities / Outside Space: Good

Learning: Good

Resources / Equipment / ICT: Excellent

Care: Excellent

Activities: Excellent

Staff: Excellent

Food / Nutrition: Excellent

Management: Excellent

Cleanliness: Good

Safeguarding: Excellent

Value for Money: Good

Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School responded to this review on 26 Apr 2017:

Review submitted from a Postal Card by Una M
(Sister of Child)
on Wednesday 26 April 2017.
Relates to April 2017.

Everyone is welcoming and lovely at all times, whenever we have any sort of question or problem it will be resolved quickly. It's to my sister's experience she always comes home happy and satisfied and is never thirsty which in my opinion is very important as children can deteriorate very quickly as they are moving around a lot.

How likely would you be to recommend Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School? Extremely Likely

Average Rating:

4.8 out of 5

Overall Standard: Excellent

Facilities / Outside Space: Excellent

Learning: Good

Resources / Equipment / ICT: Excellent

Care: Good

Activities: Excellent

Staff: Excellent

Food / Nutrition: Excellent

Management: Excellent

Cleanliness: Excellent

Safeguarding: Excellent

Value for Money: Excellent

Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School responded to this review on 26 Apr 2017:

Review submitted from a Postal Card by C F
(Mother of Child)
on Friday 27 January 2017.
Relates to January 2017.

My child has settled in really well into the nursery. He enjoys home cooked meals and his favourite is hot dog pasta. My child has a free taster session followed by three settling sessions before starting on the 9th. I receive updates through Eylog and enjoy seeing what he's been up to.

How likely would you be to recommend Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School? Extremely Likely

Average Rating:

4.5 out of 5

Overall Standard: Excellent

Facilities / Outside Space: Good

Learning: Excellent

Resources / Equipment / ICT: Excellent

Care: Excellent

Activities: Good

Staff: Good

Food / Nutrition: Good

Management: Excellent

Cleanliness: Good

Safeguarding: Excellent

Value for Money: Good

Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School responded to this review on 27 Jan 2017:

Review submitted from a Postal Card by W M
(Father of Child)
on Wednesday 18 January 2017.
Relates to January 2017.

Fantastic staff and facilities. My son loves going to nursery and always appears as though he has a good day. We can see his progress on the online app and are delighted with the nurturing and care he gets.

How likely would you be to recommend Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School? Extremely Likely

Average Rating:

5 out of 5

Overall Standard: Excellent

Facilities / Outside Space: Excellent

Learning: Excellent

Resources / Equipment / ICT: Excellent

Care: Excellent

Activities: Excellent

Staff: Excellent

Food / Nutrition: Excellent

Management: Excellent

Cleanliness: Excellent

Safeguarding: Excellent

Value for Money: Excellent

Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School responded to this review on 19 Jan 2017:

Review submitted from a Website Submission by Jade C
(Mother of Child)
on Wednesday 7 December 2016.
Relates to December 2016.

My son started at Akhter in August after moving home which means this was his second preschool/nursery he attended. Akhter is very accommodating as they do a settling period for your child, and then assign a key worker to each child. This has really benefited our son and to us, as the school have communicated any concerns regarding our son. Also supporting us and getting the support he needs. We have noticed an approvement in his speech and behaviour. They've haven't just supported our son but also provided parents support. The staff are all very welcoming and will always take the time out to listen. Another positive thing is the EY log being able to see your child's development and progress. We would definitely recommend this nursery setting to other parents.

How likely would you be to recommend Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School? Extremely Likely

Review submitted from a Postal Card by H H
(Mother of Child)
on Friday 4 November 2016.
Relates to October 2016.

Recently, having changed nursery manager I couldn't be more pleased with the attention to detail and support received whilst trying to settle my child. They have accepted training to understand her condition and work with me to support my daughters forever changing needs.

How likely would you be to recommend Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School? Extremely Likely

Average Rating:

4.3 out of 5

Overall Standard: Excellent

Facilities / Outside Space: Satisfactory

Learning: Excellent

Resources / Equipment / ICT: Good

Care: Excellent

Activities: Good

Staff: Excellent

Food / Nutrition: Excellent

Management: Excellent

Cleanliness: Satisfactory

Safeguarding: Satisfactory

Value for Money: Good

Karen Thomas, Manager at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School responded to this review on 04 Nov 2016:

Thank you Hazel for all your feedback. I would like to say, that all staff are trained in safeguarding, and the safety and welfare of our children who attend our setting is paramount to us! We have high door handles, security locks on all external and internal doorways and all staff are DBS checked when they start with us and on a termly basis. Staff are trained in Health and safety and have to adhere to policies and procedures. We also have our very own house keeper and 3 daily evening cleaners.

Review submitted from a Postal Card by Tina W
(Mother of Child)
on Wednesday 12 October 2016.
Relates to September 2016.

My son has been coming to the nursery since he was 9 months old with a short break in between, he loves coming. He has special bonds with the staff that work with him, lately he has been in the school readiness room to help prepare him for his move to school September 2017. I am very happy with the care my son received whilst at the nursery.

How likely would you be to recommend Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School? Extremely Likely

Review submitted from a Postal Card by T C
(Mother of Child)
on Monday 10 October 2016.
Relates to September 2016.

I went to Rabbits room, I watched the end of a flash card exercise being done in two groups. I was very impressed to see the first group taking turns and being kind and with a little encouragement the second group waiting patiently, they spoke to them very gently to remind them they're taking turns. Squirrels lady is amazing with my son, no matter his mood she just knows just how to speak to him to get him on the go and behaving, she also keeps him in a steady routine which keeps him calm even down to little things like manners and name tags.

How likely would you be to recommend Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School? Extremely Likely

Review submitted from a Postal Card by Roxanne W
(Mother of Child)
on Monday 3 October 2016.
Relates to August 2016.

My child is in the baby room at Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery, I find the staff to be very welcoming and friendly, providing high-quality care. They provide fun and engaging activities which my child enjoys. I like to see what my child is up to through interactive observations and am also impressed knowing my child is getting freshly prepared meals daily by the onsite chef. Management are very friendly and approachable and are on hand if needed.

How likely would you be to recommend Akhter Early Learning Centre Nursery and Pre-School? Extremely Likely

Average Rating:

4.8 out of 5

Overall Standard: Excellent

Facilities / Outside Space: Good

Learning: Excellent

Resources / Equipment / ICT: Excellent

Care: Excellent

Activities: Excellent

Staff: Excellent

Food / Nutrition: Excellent

Management: Excellent

Cleanliness: Excellent

Safeguarding: Excellent

Value for Money: Good

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Staff Profiles

Karen Thomas

Job Title: Manager

Joined: 2016

Description:

Over 25 years childcare experience.
Foundation degree in Early Years

Charlotte Miller

Job Title: Assistant Manager

Joined: 2014

Description:

Level 3 in childcare
Safeguarding officer

Loiuisa Findell

Job Title: 3rd in charge

Joined: 2013

Description:

Childcare Level 3
Senco
Safeguarding officer
Room senior

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